Deuteronomy 1:16

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Summary

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

Charged

Hear

John 7:24

The stranger

Leviticus 24:22

General references

Numbers 30:1

Proverbs 31:9

John 7:24

Bible References

Charged

Moses commanded the people the same day, saying,

The LORD said to Moses, "Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him." Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.

and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight.

As you know, as a father with his own children,

I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

Hear

You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

and said to the judges, "Consider what you do: for you do not judge for man, but for the LORD; and he is with you in the judgment.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

The stranger

He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.

You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates:

"You shall not wrong a foreigner, neither shall you oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

"You shall not oppress a foreigner, for you know the heart of a foreigner, seeing you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

You shall have one kind of law, for the foreigner as well as the native-born: for I am the LORD your God.'"

General references

Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."

Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."